English I students finished the in-class instruction/overview for the parts of speech work we've been doing. We'll have a test on the material some time in the next couple of weeks after a bit of...
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Ironic Planning and Nightjohn Beginnings
English I students went over linking verbs and phrasal verbs before working on the paragraph for their model selection for our last short story analytic writing assignment. (Complete notes below.)...
Pronouns, Irony, and a New Unit
English I students continued their parts of speech overview, looking today at indefinite and demonstrative pronouns and how they can sometimes be adjectives. Common indefinite pronouns include: all,...
Friday Fun
All students took their first common assessment today on standard RL-5.1: "Cite the evidence that most strongly supports an analysis of what the text says explicitly as well as inferences drawn from...
Turning In Projects
All classes finished (or nearly finished) their first major writing assignment, which was a Schaffer paragraph analyzing a short story. Fourth- and fifth-period students completed their paragraphs...
Final Schaffer Writing
English I students began by looking at their article of the week to get some more practice on what exactly I expect students to do for the required context-clue words. We worked to determine context...
Schaffer All Around
All classes today worked on Schaffer paragraphs to some degree or other. Fourth and fifth periods worked on their analytic paragraphs about "The Cask of Amontillado" and the question of whether or...
Analysis and Final Schaffer
English I students focused on their next analytic Schaffer paragraph in which we look at the question of the narrator, point of view, and whether or not we can trust the narrator. We circled back to...
Sentence Parsing, Paragraph Evaluation, and AOW Work
Fourth and Fifth Periods English I students began their reading instruction in earnest today by learning a few techniques to help them get through tough sentences a little more fluidly. We learned...
Point of View and Schaffer
Fourth and Fifth Periods (English I) We had library orientation today, so that took up some of our time. With our remaining time, we looked at how we can make sense of the story "In the Family."...
Second Analysis Squared and Finishing the First Paragraph
Fourth and Fifth Periods (English I) Students today worked on clearing up some final confusion over our first analytic Schaffer paragraph before beginning our second cycle. For example, the excerpt...
Assessment with Second and First Schaffer
English I Students began assessing their first analytic Schaffer paragraph. Students will be anonymously assessing each others' first paragraphs, which we completed yesterday. Students will need to...